COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on WIN for Columbia’s Mitzi Clayton to chat about the second-annual WIN Every Day seminar on this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can learn more about the seminar on WIN for Columbia’s website. You can also watch their full conversation in the video player
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EUGENE, Ore. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou track and field star Karissa Schweizer is headed to the Olympic games, once more. The 28-year-old captured a third-place finish in the women’s 5,000 meter final, on Monday night, to punch her ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 14:45.12 mark is the second-fastest 5k performance in Schweizer’s career. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former SportsCenter anchor and Mizzou alum John Anderson is returning to Columbia to join the Missouri School of Journalism’s staff, beginning in Jan. 2025. The school said that Anderson’s final SportsCenter episode will air on Friday, June 28, however MU added that he does still plan to remain active in the sports
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou track and field coach Brett Halter ahead of four Tigers’ trip to the NCAA Championships in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch their full conversation in the video player above.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Classes one through three wrapped up the first weekend of action at the MSHSAA Track and Field Championships at Adkins Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Three Mid-Missouri athletes captured state championships in the final day of weekend one. As teams, the Eldon Mustangs’ boys and girls squads both finished as the second
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (KMIZ) Mizzou wrestling legend and two-time world champion J’den Cox retired from wrestling at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Friday night. As the crowd gave the Columbia-native a standing ovation, he left his shoes on the mat, a universal sign of retirement, after losing to the No. 4 seed Kollin Moore. Cox
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ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nearly two months after ex-Mizzou Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois left Columbia for the same job at Arizona, MU Athletics and the UM System Board of Curators said they are ‘slowly narrowing down,’ candidates. On Thursday, the Board of Curators met at Missouri S&T, in part, to discuss the upcoming renovations to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Wednesday, April 17, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS BASEBALL Helias (1) Rock Bridge (7) FINAL Gateway Legacy Sr. High (0) Hickman (10) FINAL Rolla (1) Jefferson City (14) FINAL Capital City (6) Smith-Cotton (5) FINAL Moberly (1) Hannibal (8)
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Tuesday, April 16, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOCCER Kickapoo (2) Rock Bridge (1) FINAL Jefferson City (0) Hickman (6) FINAL Fatima (2) Blair Oaks (3) FINAL Battle (0) Osage (8) FINAL Moberly (0) Southern Boone (3) FINAL California
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou gymnastics senior Mara Titarsolej individually qualified for the NCAA Championship on Monday. The Tiger standout will be compete on the bars, after her MU team fell just short of a semifinal berth on Sunday. As a team, her Tigers finished third overall in their fourth-consecutive NCAA Regional Final on Sunday evening.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Monday, April 8, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS SOCCER Southern Boone (0) Hickman (1) FINAL Rock Bridge (1) Helias (2) FINAL California (1) Boonville (7) FINAL Marshall (8) Fulton (0) FINAL HS BASEBALL North Callaway (3) Mexico (7) FINAL
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou men’s basketball alum and founder of Camp Bowers, Laurence Bowers, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation in the video player above.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (KMIZ) The No. 13 Mizzou gymnastics team’s season came to an end with a third place finishing at the NCAA Gainesville Regional Final on Sunday afternoon. It was the fourth-straight year that MU had advanced to a Regional Final. The Tigers were edged out by No. 4 Florida, who won the region overall,
Continue Reading GAINESVILLE, Fla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou gymnastics team will live to compete another day in the postseason. The Tigers edged out Georgia in the Gainesville Regional to become one of the top four teams to advance to the Regional Final on Sunday. MU, Florida, Utah and Michigan State will be the four teams competing for the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Here are your local scores from Tuesday, April 2, 2024. You can watch the highlights in the video player above. HS GIRLS SOCCER Camdenton (1) Hickman (3) FINAL Tolton (5) St. Francis Borgia (2) FINAL HS BASEBALL Fatima (4) Battle (2) FINAL Rock Bridge (9) Jefferson City (2) FINAL Eugene (2) Mexico
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Former South Callaway girls basketball standout DeLaney Horstman earned an All-American nod on Monday. The Columbia College standout was named to the NAIA All-American Third Team for the first time in her career. The forward had quite a junior season for the Cougars. She led her team in blocks, rebounds, points, points
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Women’s Intersport Network (WIN) for Columbia announced a new initiative, which will help Columbia girls participate in athletics, on Monday morning. The ‘Together We WIN’ grant program will focus on girls in Columbia, Mo. who haven’t started high school yet and who may need financial assistance to participate in athletic events,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou pitcher Marissa McCann earned her first-career conference honors on Tuesday afternoon, as the SEC named her the Co-Freshman of the Week. The recognition comes on the heels of MU’s 2-1 series win over then No. 2/3 LSU over the weekend. She went 2-0 on the weekend, coming in in relief for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou gymnastics team learned that it will be making the trip to Gainesville, Florida for NCAA Regional action during Monday morning’s NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Selection Show. The Tigers will carry the No. 13 seed into the championships. Head coach Shannon Welker and company’s regional will include the host team No. 4-seeded
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HARRISBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) Harrisburg Athletics announced that former Osage girls basketball coach Jaryt Hunziker will be taking the helm of the girls basketball program for the 2024-25 season, on Tuesday morning. Hunziker is no stranger to Mid-Missouri, either. He most recently coached the Indians in Osage Beach, but also had a very memorable run at
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